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Neural tissue engineering aims to mimic the brain's complex environment, the extracellular matrix, which supports nerve cell ...

Molecular profiles of oligodendrocytes and microglia in rhesus monkeys that followed a lifelong 30% calorie restriction diet ...

Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Tal Sharf's lab used organoids to make fundamental discoveries about human ...

UCR scientists create a fully synthetic model for growing brain cells that could allow for animal-free drug testing.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have used a "zap-and-freeze" technology to watch hard-to-see brain cell ...

A lightning-fast imaging method is exposing the hidden mechanics of brain-cell communication and offering new clues to Parkinson’s origins.

Rutgers neuroscientist Peng Jiang and his neuroscience colleague Mengmeng Jin have made a discovery they say could reshape ...

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What unique processes conspire to create a healthy, functional human brain? How can we be so genetically similar to, say, chimpanzees, and yet be light-years more sophisticated cognitively and ...